BC Water Scorecard
Thousands of British Columbia waters, scored on the three things the data can honestly measure — what's there, how much of it, and the habitat holding it — then made filterable by the choices an angler actually makes. Scores are built from the government fish records, habitat surveys, and stream metrics this site already ships. Pick your filters; the list re-ranks live.
chevron_right How the score works
Species · 40%
Diversity of recorded fish plus a lift when a prized target — cutthroat, bull trout, kokanee, rainbow — is on the list.
Abundance · 35%
How much has actually been recorded here (log-scaled survey counts), with a small bump for active stocking.
Habitat · 25%
Survey health, pollution-intolerant mollusc bioindicators, confirmed wild reproduction, and a sane trout gradient. Blank where no survey exists.
What's in scope. Every BC lake with government fish records, plus every named river carrying modelled stream metrics or a recorded species list — province-wide. Wide rivers and reservoirs get a real abundance score from observations counted inside their banks; narrow named streams are scored on species and habitat, with abundance left blank rather than guessed. The score simply re-weights across whichever pillars a water has.
Two honest caveats. The fish records are presence-only: a low score means little has been recorded here, never that a water is empty. And access isn't scored — whether you can legally reach a water needs a map, not a number, so check the land & access map before you drive. Size is shown as a class, not a grade — a small creek can be a gem. Every water carries a confidence badge: Surveyed > Observed > Inferred.
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